Mixed Taste of Chaos

We arrived in time to see fine work from Saosin but Underoath, touted as the buzz band of the tour, appear to have left their spark at home.

They played generic metalcore, which involved flogging the life out of third-rate At The Gates (Swedish death-metal innovators) riffs and the usual boring screamed veruses and melodic choruses.

To add insult to injury, after a lifeless and dull set devoid of any excitement, they promptly told us Jesus loves us and left.

After this performance it surely confirms the Devil really does have the best tunes.

Alexisonfire, on the other hand, was everything Underoath wasn't. Exciting, energy-packed and clearly the band everyone was here to see.

Their set of post-hardcore was gratefully received by the crowd as frontman George Petit (a pint-sized Henry Rollins) whipped the viewing hordes into a frenzy.

The musical triumph of the event was Anti-Flag.

While having a smaller crowd than Alexisonfire, they easily provided the best performance off the night with their Clash-meets-Bad Religion punk rock.

They also didn't allow their political rhetoric of unity and Bush-bashing to get in the way of everyone having a good time.

If Alexisonfire got everyone to sing along then Anti-Flag got everybody moving (even me) and managed possibly the biggest circle mosh-pit that Brighton has ever seen.

Finally, Taking Back Sunday frontman Adam Lazzara managed to salvage his band's name after the departure of the band's lead guitarist with family problems before the gig.

After performing a couple of solo acoustic songs, bandmembers from other groups on the bill filled the gaps admirably for the rest of the set.